Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?

By Yona Zeldis McDonough, Who HQ & Carrie Robbins

Release : 2003-04-28

Genre : Biographies for Kids, Books, Kids, Young Adult, Biographies for Young Adults, Arts & Entertainment for Young Adults, Music for Young Adults, Social Studies for Young Adults

Kind : ebook

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Born in Austria in 1756, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed his first piece of music, a minuet, when he was just five years old! Soon after, he was performing for kings and emperors. Although he died at the young age of thirty-five, Mozart left a legacy of more than 600 works. This fascinating biography charts the musician's extraordinary career and personal life while painting a vivid cultural history of eighteenth-century Europe. Black-and-white illustrations on every spread explore such topics as the history of opera and the evolution of musical instruments. There is also a timeline and a bibliography.

Illustrated by Carrie Robbins.
Cover illustration by Nancy Harrison.

Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?

By Yona Zeldis McDonough, Who HQ & Carrie Robbins

Release : 2003-04-28

Genre : Biographies for Kids, Books, Kids, Young Adult, Biographies for Young Adults, Arts & Entertainment for Young Adults, Music for Young Adults, Social Studies for Young Adults

Kind : ebook

4.5 (0 ratings)
Born in Austria in 1756, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed his first piece of music, a minuet, when he was just five years old! Soon after, he was performing for kings and emperors. Although he died at the young age of thirty-five, Mozart left a legacy of more than 600 works. This fascinating biography charts the musician's extraordinary career and personal life while painting a vivid cultural history of eighteenth-century Europe. Black-and-white illustrations on every spread explore such topics as the history of opera and the evolution of musical instruments. There is also a timeline and a bibliography.

Illustrated by Carrie Robbins.
Cover illustration by Nancy Harrison.

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